iOS

______________________ Apple's Swift programming language is designed to be fast, less syntactically complex, less ambiguous and thereby more secure. However, to date, it has been restricted to iOS and OS X development. Of course, that's not a bad thing, and Swift has walked the fiery coals of any language used for mass mobile app deployment.…

iOS 9 makes it easier to move from Android smartphones to iPhone Apple describes Android Migration like this: Just download the Move to iOS app to wirelessly switch from your Android device to your new iOS device. It securely transfers your contacts, message history, camera photos and videos, web bookmarks, mail accounts, calendars, wallpaper, and…

Create a reminder like Call Jeff Gamet at 8am. Make sure it starts with “call” and you have the person in your Contacts already. Here's my reminder. Good thing there's only one Jeff in my phone! When you have it set up, it'll pop up at the right time to remind you. Hey look! I…

First off, wait until you get an error. You think it'll be immediate, but iOS tries really really hard to do everything it can think of before it gives up, so sit tight and see if you can get a screenshot so you can look up that message later. A good way to tell if…

If you want to filter friend requests or iCloud messages, here's an example. When you set up the device, make sure it's using a sub-address of your main email. This is even more convenient if you set it up on the same address used for your own Apple ID. Now all the iTunes receipts and…

Oh that's not alarming at all. But I can totally fix it. No wait, I can't! Well now I'm stuck. I can't continue syncing, but there's not really a graceful backing out option either. I'm an optimist, so I clicked “more information.” Now, Apple has a nice page about deauthorizing extraneous Macs. It's all nicely…

For those wishing to keep close tabs on their credit score, credit reports, and credit monitoring alerts, Experian has released (in March) a Universal iOS app that's beautifully designed, very easy to use, full of features, and looks great. _____________________ This app is designed for current Experian customers. An account must already have been established…

As the description under that will inform you, this will move all of the iMessages you get from senders not in your contacts into a different list.  You also won’t receive notifications when an unknown person sends you an iMessage—but you will see the red number badge appear on the Messages app icon, so you’ll…

Apple blocked access of the entire sandbox directory of every installed App since iOS 8.3…Before there is a solution, iFunBox will fail to open data directory of any App if the device is not jailbroken. iFunBox also reported over the weekend they have found a partial work around for those interested. Sandbox access will work…

First, if you have Touch ID enabled, none of the settings will show up at all, so first you have to go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode to disable Touch ID. Don’t worry though, it’s only temporary. Once Touch ID is off, go to Settings > iTunes & App Store > Password Settings…

As for the expanded emoji keyboard, first of all it’s a continuous scroll from left to right, showing all the emoji available (with a handy title for each section) as opposed to before when you had to tap the tabs to select from different panels. You can tap the options to jump to each selection…

So here’s how you set it up. First, open the Clock app on your iOS device, and then make sure you’re on the “Alarm” tab at the bottom. Afterward, either press “Edit” at the top and touch an existing alarm or select the plus button to configure a new one. Once you arrive at the add/edit…

See how the camera attempted to focus and expose for the item I’d tapped on my screen? That’s pretty useful, obviously, but this feature becomes even more critical when you’re trying to take pictures in varying light conditions. We’ve all seen our share of completely overexposed sunset shots, for example, and using this trick can…

Just as is the case with old cables, there are a lot of things you can do with your legacy mobile devices, and some of them are really cool. Once you go through the obvious “Hand It Off To A Family Member For Whom It Is An Upgrade” and “Possibly Repurpose For Some Other Nifty…

Device that cracks iPhone passcodes sidesteps data auto-delete feature MDSec got ahold of one of the brute force attack boxes for about £200 (about US$297) to see how it works, and it turns out the device is pretty clever. After trying a bad passcode, it shuts down your iPhone before it gets written to device…

If you swipe from left to right (in the direction of my green arrow below), you’ll need to unlock your device, but then you’ll jump right to that message within Mail. From there, you can reply to it or what have you, so that’s a convenient way to go where you need to. Even more awesome,…

Pyle Audio  has released a Bluetooth Infrared ear and body digital thermometer that works with iOS devices (iOS 6 and greater) and allows users to take a temperature in seconds without difficulties for the user or trauma to the patient.  The thermometer works independently, but it also works with the free Pyle Health Thermometer app for iOS. …

Today I will focus on filters you can use when taking photos with your iPhone. Some people (yours truly included among them) are filter snobs. These folks shy away from anything that adds or takes away from the photo. They want the photo to stand on its own merits, just as the shooter saw it.…

Load Up Apple's Home Page When Your Press Tab, the Search Box Opens (the image rotated during our screenshots) As noted above, this feature works with Safari and Omniweb in Yosemite. Our tests in Chrome for the Mac found it didn't work. Thanks to MacCast's Adam Christiansen for the heads up.

In my experience, though, the problem is almost always with iOS, and if that seems to be the case for you, there’s a quick trick you can try to get things running smoothly again. It’s a way to force your calendars or contacts to refresh themselves, and it’s so quick! You don’t even have to…

First, you can only Pin apps on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You must also have the (free) Pinterest app installed on your iOS device. Once installed, you can search the App Store for the app you want to Pin. When you find it, tap on it to bring up the “details” view, as…

There’s a part of this that a lot of folks don’t know, however. You don’t actually need to lock your iPhone or iPad to access your Handoff stuff; all you’ve gotta do is go to the so-called App Switcher, which you’ll see whenever you double-click your Home button. I’ve talked about the App Switcher recently…

XAgent malware can hit iPhones that aren't jailbroken The threat was found by the security research company Trend Micro said XAgent doesn't require victims use jailbroken iOS devices. The company said the malware is very advanced, and that it's similar to the SEDNIT threat for Windows. Jailbreaking is a process where iPhone users hack their…

Obviously, this is pretty annoying if you’re a person who (like me!) wants to get rid of books after reading them. So if you’re having a problem with that, first go out to your main library view (by touching “Library” if you’re in the middle of reading a book, or by tapping “My Books” at…